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(1) The1[State Government] may, by notification in the2[Official Gazette], declare any areas specified in the notification to be a controlled area for the purposes of this Act.
(2)3[* * * *] The1[State Government] may, by notification in the2[Official Gazette], fix a minimum price or minimum prices for the purchase in any controlled area of sugar cane intended for use in any factory.
(3) The1[State Government] may, by notification in the2[Official Gazette] prohibit in any controlled area the purchase of sugar cane intended for use in any factory otherwise than from the grower of the sugarcane or from a person licensed by the1[State Government] to act as a purchasing agent.
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1. Substituted for the words 'Provincial Government' by A.L.O., 1950.
2. Substituted for the words "local Official Gazette" by A.O., 1937.
3. The words "subject to the control of the Governor-General in Council" were omitted by A.O., 1937 (1-4-1937).